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style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Service component command</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">United States Central Command</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naval_Support_Activity_Bahrain" title="Naval Support Activity Bahrain">Naval Support Activity Bahrain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/">www.cusnc.navy.mil</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command; Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Forces Maritime Component</th><td class="infobox-data">VADM <a href="/wiki/George_Wikoff" title="George Wikoff">George Wikoff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Deputy Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command</th><td class="infobox-data">RDML Joshua Lasky</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Vice Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command</th><td class="infobox-data">RDML <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_A._Jurgemeyer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeffrey A. Jurgemeyer (page does not exist)">Jeffrey A. Jurgemeyer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">United Kingdom Maritime Component Commander</th><td class="infobox-data">Commodore Phillip Dennis, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Command Master Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command; Command Master Chief, U.S. 5th Fleet.</th><td class="infobox-data">CMDCM Christopher King</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>United States Naval Forces Central Command</b> (NAVCENT) is the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> element of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">United States Central Command</a> (USCENTCOM). Its area of responsibility includes the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Oman" title="Gulf of Oman">Gulf of Oman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a>. It consists of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet" title="United States Fifth Fleet">United States Fifth Fleet</a> and several other subordinate task forces, including <a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_150" title="Combined Task Force 150">Combined Task Force 150</a>, <a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_158" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined Task Force 158">Combined Task Force 158</a> and others. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Navy_Persian_Gulf_operations_1945–1971"><span id="Navy_Persian_Gulf_operations_1945.E2.80.931971"></span>Navy Persian Gulf operations 1945–1971</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Naval_Forces_Central_Command&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Navy Persian Gulf operations 1945–1971"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Navy's post-<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> operations in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> began in 1948 when a series of U.S. task groups, led by the aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Valley_Forge_(CV-45)" title="USS Valley Forge (CV-45)">USS <i>Valley Forge</i></a>, the escort carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Rendova" title="USS Rendova">USS <i>Rendova</i></a>, and Task Force 128 led by <a href="/wiki/USS_Pocono" title="USS Pocono">USS <i>Pocono</i></a>, visited the Persian Gulf.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 January 1948, Commander-in-Chief, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Naval_Forces,_Eastern_Atlantic_and_Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean">Northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean</a>, Admiral Conolly, created Task Force 126 to supervise the large number of Navy fleet oilers and chartered tankers picking up oil in the Persian Gulf. By June 1949, the Task Force had become Persian Gulf Forces and on 16 August 1949 Persian Gulf Forces became Middle East Force.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinkler200721-25_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinkler200721-25-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1948, Hydrographic Survey Group 1 arrived to help map the Persian Gulf's waters. Consisting of <a href="/wiki/USS_Maury_(AGS-16)" title="USS Maury (AGS-16)">USS <i>Maury</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Dutton_(AGS-8)" title="USS Dutton (AGS-8)">USS <i>Dutton</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_John_Blish" title="USS John Blish">USS <i>John Blish</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/USS_Littlehales" title="USS Littlehales">USS <i>Littlehales</i></a>, the group remained in the Persian Gulf until April 1949, but their efforts were limited by weather, logistics support and upkeep.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinkler200721-25_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinkler200721-25-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1971, when Bahrain achieved full independence, the U.S. Navy leased part of the former British base <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Naval_Support_Facility" title="United Kingdom Naval Support Facility">HMS <i>Jufair</i></a>, originally established in 1935. It was renamed it Administrative Support Unit, Bahrain. The name was changed to <a href="/wiki/Naval_Support_Activity_Bahrain" title="Naval Support Activity Bahrain">Naval Support Activity Bahrain</a> in 1999, to reflect its broader support role.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naval_Forces_Central_Command_from_1983">Naval Forces Central Command from 1983</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Naval_Forces_Central_Command&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Naval Forces Central Command from 1983"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The command was established on 1 January 1983 along with the rest of U.S. Central Command, and command of NAVCENT was initially given to a <a href="/wiki/Flag_officer" title="Flag officer">flag officer</a> selectee based at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> and tasked with coordinating administrative and logistical support for U.S. naval forces in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>. Rear Admiral (lower half) <a href="/wiki/Stan_Arthur" title="Stan Arthur">Stan Arthur</a>, the first ComUSNAVCENT, served simultaneously as the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, Plans Officer during his first year in the position.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPokrant19998_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPokrant19998-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An actual flag officer deployed to the region known as Commander, Middle East Force (COMMIDEASTFOR), retained operational control of U.S. naval forces in the Persian Gulf and effectively served as USCENTCOM's <i>de facto</i> naval component commander.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the initial establishment of U.S. Central Command, the boundary between USCENTCOM and U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) was the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz" title="Strait of Hormuz">Strait of Hormuz</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/USS_Klakring" title="USS Klakring">USS <i>Klakring</i> (FFG-42)</a> passed southbound through the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a> on 25 and 26 June 1985. As the ship crossed the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a>, she began to observe the weekends on Thursdays and Fridays to assimilate crewmen to <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> daily routines. <i>Klakring</i> fueled and provisioned at <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a>, on 30 June. On 1 July, she rendezvoused with <a href="/wiki/Guided_missile_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Guided missile destroyer">guided missile destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Charles_F._Adams" title="USS Charles F. Adams"><i>Charles F. Adams</i></a> and exchanged information and equipment. Whalig became Commander Task Unit (CTU) 109.1.2, and oversaw the scheduling of all multi-ship training in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>. <i>Klakring</i> sailed through the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz" title="Strait of Hormuz">Strait of Hormuz</a>, and on 7 July rendezvoused with command ship <a href="/wiki/USS_La_Salle_(AGF-3)" title="USS La Salle (AGF-3)"><i>La Salle</i></a> near <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi,_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates">Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates</a> (UAE). The frigate escorted the <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sitra" title="Sitra">Sitra</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To direct forces of multiple services operating over the boundary, Joint Task Force Middle East was established on 20 September 1987. It was soon obvious that JTF-ME and the Middle East Force were directing much the same operations, and a single dual-hatted naval commander, Commander, Middle Eastern Force (COMMIDEASTFOR), was appointed by February 1988. U.S. Naval Forces Central Command took part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Will" title="Operation Earnest Will">Operation Earnest Will</a> in 1986–1987 and supported Army special operations helicopters conducting <a href="/wiki/Operation_Prime_Chance" title="Operation Prime Chance">Operation Prime Chance</a>. <a href="/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis" title="Operation Praying Mantis">Operation Praying Mantis</a> followed later. </p><p>In August 1990, Captain Robert Sutton USN, who had been selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), was serving as ComUSNAVCENT.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPokrant19998_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPokrant19998-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Central Command operations order for Desert Shield, issued on 10 August 1990, reflected the <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>/MIDEASTFOR split and split the tasks between the two organisations, but, 'most likely,' Pokrant writes, 'Schwarzkopf had already decided to do things differently.'<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPokrant19998–10_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPokrant19998–10-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Pokrant recounts, in a meeting on 6 August 1990, the Central Command plans chief, Rear Admiral Grant Sharp, had advised Schwarzkopf to have a [numbered] fleet commander assigned to CENTCOM to control the extensive naval forces that would deploy. Schwarzkopf discussed the issue with Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command, Admiral <a href="/wiki/Huntington_Hardisty" title="Huntington Hardisty">Huntington Hardisty</a>. It was agreed that the Commander, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Seventh_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Seventh Fleet">U.S. Seventh Fleet</a> (COMSEVENTHFLT) staff, under Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Mauz,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Henry H. Mauz, Jr.">Hank Mauz</a>, would be despatched to command in the Middle East and, tentatively, the Commander, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Third_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Third Fleet">U.S. Third Fleet</a> staff would be earmarked to replace them in six months. </p><p>Mauz, his staff, and his flagship, <a href="/wiki/USS_Blue_Ridge_(LCC-19)" title="USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)">USS <i>Blue Ridge</i></a>, were all located at <a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokosuka (city)">Yokosuka</a>, Japan, their normal homeport. To speed the process of taking over command, Mauz obtained permission from Hardisty to fly immediately to <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a> aboard a VIP-configured <a href="/wiki/P-3_Orion" class="mw-redirect" title="P-3 Orion">P-3 Orion</a>, 'Peter Rabbit,' with key members of his staff.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPokrant199911–12_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPokrant199911–12-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest of the command group would steam to the Persian Gulf aboard <i>Blue Ridge.</i> When Mauz was cleared to proceed from Diego Garcia to Bahrain, he expected to land and have some days to familiarise himself with the situation before taking over command of NAVCENT from Rear Admiral William M. Fogarty. However, on landing he found a message from Schwarzkopf ordering him to assume command immediately. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_Battle_Force_Zulu_carriers_overhead_view_in_1991.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/US_Navy_Battle_Force_Zulu_carriers_overhead_view_in_1991.jpg/220px-US_Navy_Battle_Force_Zulu_carriers_overhead_view_in_1991.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/US_Navy_Battle_Force_Zulu_carriers_overhead_view_in_1991.jpg/330px-US_Navy_Battle_Force_Zulu_carriers_overhead_view_in_1991.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/US_Navy_Battle_Force_Zulu_carriers_overhead_view_in_1991.jpg/440px-US_Navy_Battle_Force_Zulu_carriers_overhead_view_in_1991.jpg 2x" data-file-width="904" data-file-height="544" /></a><figcaption>Battle Force Zulu - 1991 Gulf War</figcaption></figure> <p>After arrival in-theatre in late 1990, Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Mauz" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry H. Mauz">Henry H. Mauz</a> "retained the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle East Force">Middle East Force</a>, designated CTG 150.1 [Commander Task Group 150.1], for most warfighting functions inside the Persian Gulf. Under this hat, Rear Admiral Fogarty would control only the half-dozen ships or so of the Middle East Force, augmented by the battleship <i>Wisconsin</i> when it arrived. Under a second hat, CTG 150.2, Fogarty would be the commander of the U.S. Maritime Interception Force. For this job, his authority would extend outside the Persian Gulf to ships operating in the North Arabian Sea and Red Sea, but only for interception operations."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPokrant199920_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPokrant199920-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CVBGs in the North Arabian Sea and Red Sea were designated Task Groups 150.4 and 150.5 respectively; the Amphibious and Landing Forces were CTG 150.6 and CTG 150.8 (Major General Jenkins). Rear Admiral Stephen S. Clarey was Commander U.S. <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Prepositioned_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Prepositioned Force">Maritime Prepositioning Force</a>, Commander Task Group 150.7 (CTG 150.7), with the equipment for the U.S. Marine Corps aboard. After the ships had disembarked the Marine equipment in Saudi Arabia, CTG 150.7 was disestablished on 12 September 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPokrant199921_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPokrant199921-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1 January 1991, the six carriers deployed were divided into Battle Force Yankee (two carriers, including <i>Saratoga,</i> in the Red Sea under Rear Admiral Riley Mixson, Commander, <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group Two">Carrier Group Two</a>/Task Force 155) and Task Force 154, Battle Force Zulu (four carriers in the Arabian Sea/Persian Gulf under Rear Admiral Daniel P. March, Commander, <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_Five" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group Five">Carrier Group Five</a>). TF 150 was Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Mauz,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Henry H. Mauz, Jr.">Henry H. Mauz, Jr.</a> himself, TF 151 the Middle East Force, now including <a href="/wiki/USS_Bunker_Hill_(CG-52)" title="USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)">USS <i>Bunker Hill</i></a>, TG 150.3 Naval Logistics Support Force (Rear Admiral Bob Sutton), and TF 156 the amphibious force.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPokrant1999_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPokrant1999-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since ComUSNAVCENT operated from on board ship, he established NAVCENT-Riyadh as a staff organization to provide continuous Navy representation at CENTCOM headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This mission was assigned initially to Commander, <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Group_Three" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Group Three">Carrier Group Three</a> (COMCARGRU 3). During succeeding months, the NAVCENT-Riyadh staff was augmented substantially but remained small, relative to the ARCENT and CENTAF staffs. In November, the NAVCENT-Riyadh command was transferred from COMCARGRU 3 to Commander, <a href="/wiki/Cruiser-Destroyer_Group_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Cruiser-Destroyer Group 5">Cruiser-Destroyer Group 5</a>. This change resulted in the Navy flag officer at NAVCENT Riyadh's remaining relatively junior to other Service representatives, particularly CENTAF. This imbalance in size and seniority between the Navy and other staffs, coupled with the geographic separation with NAVCENT headquarters, made it difficult for NAVCENT-Riyadh to represent the interests of the Navy in the overall coordination and planning efforts. </p><p> On 24 April 1991, Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Stan_Arthur" title="Stan Arthur">Stan Arthur</a> turned over command of NAVCENT to Rear Admiral Ray Taylor, Fogerty's replacement as Commander, Middle East Force, and Arthur and <i>Blue Ridge</i> began their voyage back to the Pacific.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two months earlier, Rear Admiral Taylor had submitted thoughts on the reorientation of the NAVCENT command structure to Schwarzkopf following an earlier direction from Admiral Arthur.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposal, which was modified in the staffing process, eventually meant that the one-staff ComUSNAVCENT in Hawaii was upgraded to a two-star appointment co-located with Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida. Rear Admiral David Rogers became the first two-star Navy representative in Tampa when he relieved Rear Admiral Sutton.</p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cosgriff_and_Sultanov_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Cosgriff_and_Sultanov_2008.jpg/220px-Cosgriff_and_Sultanov_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Cosgriff_and_Sultanov_2008.jpg/330px-Cosgriff_and_Sultanov_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Cosgriff_and_Sultanov_2008.jpg/440px-Cosgriff_and_Sultanov_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Vice Admiral Kevin Cosgriff, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, meets with Vice Admiral, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Navy" title="Azerbaijani Navy">Azerbaijani Navy</a>, Shahin Sultanov during his visit to <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> in June 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p>Although COMSEVENTHFLT held command responsibility during this period, no numbered fleet existed permanently within the USCENTCOM <a href="/wiki/Area_of_responsibility" title="Area of responsibility">area of responsibility</a> during the first Gulf War and for the next four years thereafter. By July 1995, a new numbered fleet was deemed necessary by the senior U.S. Navy leadership, and after a 48-year hiatus, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Fifth_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Fifth Fleet">U.S. Fifth Fleet</a> was reactivated, replacing COMMIDEASTFOR.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dual-hatted as COMUSNAVCENT as the naval component command of USCENTCOM, the same Vice Admiral (and his staff) as Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet (COMFIFTHFLT) now directs naval operations in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and the Arabian Sea. The combined COMUSNAVCENT/COMFIFTHFLT headquarters is located at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Support_Activity_Bahrain" title="Naval Support Activity Bahrain">NSA Bahrain</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manama,_Bahrain" class="mw-redirect" title="Manama, Bahrain">Manama, Bahrain</a>. The command oversees both afloat and shore-based units that rotationally deploy or surge from the United States, plus a few smaller surface ships that are based in the Gulf for longer periods. Ships rotationally deploy to the U.S. Fifth Fleet from the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2010 through 2013, the U.S. maintained two aircraft carriers east of Suez, known as a "2.0 carrier presence," although it sometimes temporarily dipped below that level.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The heightened presence aimed to provide air and sea striking power for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and also to deter Iran from bad behavior in the region and keep the Strait of Hormuz open. </p><p>In 2016 the <a href="/wiki/USS_San_Antonio" title="USS San Antonio">USS <i>San Antonio</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Mason_(DDG-87)" title="USS Mason (DDG-87)">USS <i>Mason</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Nitze" title="USS Nitze">USS <i>Nitze</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/USS_Ponce" title="USS Ponce">USS <i>Ponce</i></a> came under attack as they moved through the Bab al-Mandeb strait on the southern end of the Red Sea. Shortly after the attacks, the USS <i>Nitze</i> destroyed three radar sites in Yemen in retaliation for the two separate attacks on U.S. ships in the Red Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 December 2018, NAVCENT commander Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Scott_Stearney" title="Scott Stearney">Scott A. Stearney</a> was found dead in his residence in Bahrain. No foul play was suspected. Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Paul_J._Schlise" title="Paul J. Schlise">Paul J. Schlise</a> assumed interim command. Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/James_J._Malloy" title="James J. Malloy">Jim Malloy</a> flew to Bahrain to take command.<sup id="cite_ref-USNI20181201a_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USNI20181201a-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NBCN20181201a_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBCN20181201a-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Combined_Maritime_Forces">Combined Maritime Forces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Naval_Forces_Central_Command&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Combined Maritime Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2002 the Combined Maritime Forces was also established as an embedded activity to provide coordinated Coalition operations in the area of operations. It is an international naval partnership that provides security for civilian maritime traffic by conducting counter-<a href="/wiki/Piracy" title="Piracy">piracy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Counter-terrorism" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-terrorism">counter-terrorism</a> missions in the heavily trafficked waters of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, including the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> and the wider Indian Ocean.<sup id="cite_ref-About-CMF_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-CMF-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>CMF's personnel and ships are drawn from 44 nations<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are organised into four principal task forces: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_150" title="Combined Task Force 150">Combined Task Force 150</a> (CTF-150) – Maritime Security & Counter-terrorism<sup id="cite_ref-CTF-150_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTF-150-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_151" title="Combined Task Force 151">Combined Task Force 151</a> (CTF-151) – Counter-piracy<sup id="cite_ref-CTF-151_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTF-151-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_152" title="Combined Task Force 152">Combined Task Force 152</a> (CTF-152) – Persian Gulf Security Cooperation<sup id="cite_ref-CTF-152_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTF-152-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_153" title="Combined Task Force 153">Combined Task Force 153</a> (CTF-153) – Red Sea Maritime Security<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/September_11_terrorist_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="September 11 terrorist attacks">September 11 terrorist attacks</a> on the United States, Commander, Task Force 150, previously a single-nation U.S. formation, was made into a multinational effort as Combined Task Force 150 (HOA MIO Force), and was given a renewed focus on maritime security and counter-terrorism. It was established on 3 February 2002, by Vice Admiral Charles W. Moore.<sup id="cite_ref-Piracy-and-Operations_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Piracy-and-Operations-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over time, it became increasingly involved in combating the rising incidence of <a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Piracy in Somalia">piracy in Somalia</a>. </p><p>Combined Task Force 151 was established in January 2009 by Vice Admiral William E. Gortney specifically to address counter-piracy operations.<sup id="cite_ref-New-Counter-Piracy-TF-Established_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New-Counter-Piracy-TF-Established-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Operating alongside CTF 151 and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Ocean_Shield" title="Operation Ocean Shield">Operation Ocean Shield</a> are other national deployments such as the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Navy" title="People's Liberation Army Navy">People's Liberation Army Navy</a>, most recently with "CTF 526" aboard the <a href="/wiki/Type_054_frigate" title="Type 054 frigate">Type 054 frigate</a> <i>Wenzhou</i> (which had the <a href="/wiki/Hull_number" title="Hull number">hull number</a> 526). </p><p>Combined Task Force 153 was established in April 2022 by Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Charles_Cooper_II" title="Charles Cooper II">Brad Cooper</a> with a mission of maritime security and capacity building efforts in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden. Captain Robert Francis was designated the first CTF-153 commander.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Combined_Maritime_Forces_Participants">Combined Maritime Forces Participants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Naval_Forces_Central_Command&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Combined Maritime Forces Participants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Combined_Maritime_Forces_(CMF)_Map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Combined_Maritime_Forces_%28CMF%29_Map.png/220px-Combined_Maritime_Forces_%28CMF%29_Map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Combined_Maritime_Forces_%28CMF%29_Map.png/330px-Combined_Maritime_Forces_%28CMF%29_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Combined_Maritime_Forces_%28CMF%29_Map.png/440px-Combined_Maritime_Forces_%28CMF%29_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="7192" data-file-height="3318" /></a><figcaption>Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) Map</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/23px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/35px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/45px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_commanders">List of commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Naval_Forces_Central_Command&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th> <th rowspan="2">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Term length </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT) </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>1</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rear_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stanley R. Arthur"><img alt="Stanley R. Arthur" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Rear_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg/100px-Rear_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Rear_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg/150px-Rear_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Rear_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg/200px-Rear_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2392" data-file-height="2680" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">Rear Admiral (lower half)</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Stan_Arthur" title="Stan Arthur">Stanley R. Arthur</a></b><br /><small>(born 1935)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 January 1983</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1987</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7003146100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 0 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Later served as the 5th NAVCENT commander from 1990 to 1991.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>2</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rear_Admiral_(lower_half)_Philip_F._Duffy.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Philip F. Duffy"><img alt="Philip F. Duffy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Philip_F._Duffy.jpg/100px-Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Philip_F._Duffy.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Philip_F._Duffy.jpg/150px-Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Philip_F._Duffy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Philip_F._Duffy.jpg/200px-Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Philip_F._Duffy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Rear Admiral (lower half)<br /><b>Philip F. Duffy</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1987</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7003124700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 151 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Commander, Training Command, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command" title="United States Fleet Forces Command">U.S. Atlantic Fleet</a> (1990-1991)<br />Retired, 1991.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>3</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Sutton,_USN_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert Sutton[35]"><img alt="Robert Sutton[35]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Robert_Sutton%2C_USN_%281%29.jpg/100px-Robert_Sutton%2C_USN_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Robert_Sutton%2C_USN_%281%29.jpg/150px-Robert_Sutton%2C_USN_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Robert_Sutton%2C_USN_%281%29.jpg/200px-Robert_Sutton%2C_USN_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2182" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">Captain</a><br /><b>Robert Sutton<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(1942–2020)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7001610000000000000♠"></span>61 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Promoted to RDML in 1991; RADM in 1996<br />Commander, U.S. Naval Logistics<br />Support Force (Task Force 150.3) (1990-1991)<br />Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (Rear) (1991)<br />Retired, 1999.</small></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="7">Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT) and U.S. Seventh Fleet (C7F) </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>4</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Henry_H._Mauz,_USN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Henry H. Mauz Jr.[36]"><img alt="Henry H. Mauz Jr.[36]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Vice_Adm._Henry_H._Mauz%2C_USN.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Henry_H._Mauz%2C_USN.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Vice_Adm._Henry_H._Mauz%2C_USN.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Henry_H._Mauz%2C_USN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Vice_Adm._Henry_H._Mauz%2C_USN.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Henry_H._Mauz%2C_USN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="2993" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">Vice Admiral</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Mauz_Jr." title="Henry H. Mauz Jr.">Henry H. Mauz Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-Book_38_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book_38-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1936)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 December 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002122000000000000♠"></span>122 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Deputy Chief of Naval Operations<br />for Navy Program Planning (1990-1992)<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Promoted to admiral, 1992.<br /><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Fleet_Forces_Command" title="Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command">Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet</a> (1992-1994)<br />Retired, 1994.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>5</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stanley R. Arthur[38]"><img alt="Stanley R. Arthur[38]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Vice_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Vice_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Vice_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Stanley_R._Arthur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2402" data-file-height="3004" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Stan_Arthur" title="Stan Arthur">Stanley R. Arthur</a><sup id="cite_ref-Book_40_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book_40-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1935)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 December 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 April 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002144000000000000♠"></span>144 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Continued to command <a href="/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet" title="United States Seventh Fleet">Seventh Fleet</a> until July 1992<br />Promoted to admiral, 1992.<br /><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Vice Chief of Naval Operations">Vice Chief of Naval Operations</a> (1992-1995)<br /> Retired, 1995.</small></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="7">Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT) </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>6</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raynor_A.K._Taylor_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Raynor A.K. Taylor[36]"><img alt="Raynor A.K. Taylor[36]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Raynor_A.K._Taylor_%282%29.jpg/100px-Raynor_A.K._Taylor_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Raynor_A.K._Taylor_%282%29.jpg/150px-Raynor_A.K._Taylor_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Raynor_A.K._Taylor_%282%29.jpg/200px-Raynor_A.K._Taylor_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2303" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Rear Admiral<br /><b>Raynor A.K. Taylor<sup id="cite_ref-Book_38_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book_38-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(1935–2013)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 April 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 October 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002544000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 178 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Retired, 1993.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>7</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_Katz.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Douglas J. Katz[36]"><img alt="Douglas J. Katz[36]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Douglas_Katz.jpg/100px-Douglas_Katz.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Douglas_Katz.jpg/150px-Douglas_Katz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Douglas_Katz.jpg/200px-Douglas_Katz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2404" data-file-height="3003" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b>Douglas J. Katz<sup id="cite_ref-Book_38_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book_38-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 October 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002682000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 317 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Commander,_Naval_Surface_Forces_Atlantic" title="Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic">Naval Surface Force</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command" title="United States Fleet Forces Command">U.S. Atlantic Fleet</a> (1994-1997)<br />Retired, 1997.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>8</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Scott Redd[39]"><img alt="John Scott Redd[39]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2401" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_Scott_Redd" title="John Scott Redd">John Scott Redd</a><sup id="cite_ref-Redd_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Redd-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1944)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1995</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002303000000000000♠"></span>303 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff#Joint_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Staff</a> (1996-1998)<br />Retired, 1998.</small></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="7">Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT) and U.S. Fifth Fleet (C5F) </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>8</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Scott Redd"><img alt="John Scott Redd" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._John_S._Redd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2401" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_Scott_Redd" title="John Scott Redd">John Scott Redd</a></b><br /><small>(born 1944)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1995</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 1996</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002336000000000000♠"></span>336 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff#Joint_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Staff</a> (1996-1998)<br />Retired, 1998.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>9</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_020322-N-0000X-001_Adm._Thomas_B._Fargo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thomas B. Fargo[40]"><img alt="Thomas B. Fargo[40]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/US_Navy_020322-N-0000X-001_Adm._Thomas_B._Fargo.jpg/100px-US_Navy_020322-N-0000X-001_Adm._Thomas_B._Fargo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/US_Navy_020322-N-0000X-001_Adm._Thomas_B._Fargo.jpg/150px-US_Navy_020322-N-0000X-001_Adm._Thomas_B._Fargo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/US_Navy_020322-N-0000X-001_Adm._Thomas_B._Fargo.jpg/200px-US_Navy_020322-N-0000X-001_Adm._Thomas_B._Fargo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="738" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Fargo" title="Thomas B. Fargo">Thomas B. Fargo</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1948)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 1996</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 July 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002786000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 56 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Promoted to admiral, 1999.<br /><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Pacific_Fleet" title="Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet</a> (1999-2002)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command#List_of_Commanders" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Commander-in-Chief</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">U.S. Pacific Command</a> (2002)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command#List_of_Commanders" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Commander</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">U.S. Pacific Command</a> (2002-2005)<br />Retired, 2005.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>10</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore,_Superintendent,_U.S._Naval_Academy_(acting).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles W. Moore Jr.[41]"><img alt="Charles W. Moore Jr.[41]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg/100px-Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg/150px-Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg/200px-Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1569" data-file-height="1978" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Moore_Jr." title="Charles W. Moore Jr.">Charles W. Moore Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1946)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 July 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 February 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003128700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 191 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Deputy Chief of Naval Operations<br />for Fleet Readiness and Logistics (2002-2004)<br />Retired, 2004.</small></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="7">Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT), U.S. Fifth Fleet (C5F) and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>10</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore,_Superintendent,_U.S._Naval_Academy_(acting).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles W. Moore Jr."><img alt="Charles W. Moore Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg/100px-Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg/150px-Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg/200px-Vice_Admiral_Charles_W_Moore%2C_Superintendent%2C_U.S._Naval_Academy_%28acting%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1569" data-file-height="1978" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Moore_Jr." title="Charles W. Moore Jr.">Charles W. Moore Jr.</a></b><br /><small>(born 1946)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 February 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 February 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠"></span>8 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Deputy Chief of Naval Operations<br />for Fleet Readiness and Logistics (2002-2004)<br />Retired, 2004.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>11</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_021114-N-0000X-002_Vadm._Keating_Commander_Fifth_Fleet.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Timothy J. Keating"><img alt="Timothy J. Keating" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/US_Navy_021114-N-0000X-002_Vadm._Keating_Commander_Fifth_Fleet.jpg/100px-US_Navy_021114-N-0000X-002_Vadm._Keating_Commander_Fifth_Fleet.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/US_Navy_021114-N-0000X-002_Vadm._Keating_Commander_Fifth_Fleet.jpg/150px-US_Navy_021114-N-0000X-002_Vadm._Keating_Commander_Fifth_Fleet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/US_Navy_021114-N-0000X-002_Vadm._Keating_Commander_Fifth_Fleet.jpg/200px-US_Navy_021114-N-0000X-002_Vadm._Keating_Commander_Fifth_Fleet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2397" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Timothy_J._Keating" title="Timothy J. Keating">Timothy J. Keating</a></b><br /><small>(born 1948)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 February 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 2003</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002603000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 238 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Joint_Staff" title="Director of the Joint Staff">Director of the Joint Staff</a> (2003-2004)<br />Promoted to admiral, 2004.<br /><a href="/wiki/Leadership_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command#List_of_commanders_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command" title="Leadership of the United States Northern Command">Commander</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">U.S. Northern Command</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Aerospace Defense Command">North American Aerospace Defense Command</a> (2004-2007)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command#List_of_Commanders" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Commander</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">U.S. Pacific Command</a> (2007-2009)<br />Retired, 2009.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>12</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._David_C._Nichols,_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="David C. Nichols[42]"><img alt="David C. Nichols[42]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Vice_Adm._David_C._Nichols%2C_Jr.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._David_C._Nichols%2C_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Vice_Adm._David_C._Nichols%2C_Jr.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._David_C._Nichols%2C_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Vice_Adm._David_C._Nichols%2C_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="262" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/David_C._Nichols" title="David C. Nichols">David C. Nichols</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walsh/Nichols_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walsh/Nichols-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1950)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 2003</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 November 2005</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002758000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 27 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Deputy Commander, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">U.S. Central Command</a> (2005-2007)<br />Retired, 2007.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>13</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Patrick_M._Walsh.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Patrick M. Walsh[42]"><img alt="Patrick M. Walsh[42]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Vice_Adm._Patrick_M._Walsh.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Patrick_M._Walsh.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Vice_Adm._Patrick_M._Walsh.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Patrick_M._Walsh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Vice_Adm._Patrick_M._Walsh.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Patrick_M._Walsh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_M._Walsh" title="Patrick M. Walsh">Patrick M. Walsh</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walsh/Nichols_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walsh/Nichols-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1955)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 November 2005</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 February 2007</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002481000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 116 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Promoted to admiral, 2007.<br /><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Vice Chief of Naval Operations">Vice Chief of Naval Operations</a> (2007-2009)<br /><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Pacific_Fleet" title="Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet">Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet</a> (2009-2012)<br />Retired, 2012.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>14</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Kevin_J._Cosgriff_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kevin J. Cosgriff[43]"><img alt="Kevin J. Cosgriff[43]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Vice_Adm._Kevin_J._Cosgriff_%281%29.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Kevin_J._Cosgriff_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Vice_Adm._Kevin_J._Cosgriff_%281%29.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Kevin_J._Cosgriff_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Vice_Adm._Kevin_J._Cosgriff_%281%29.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Kevin_J._Cosgriff_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="375" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b>Kevin J. Cosgriff<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 February 2007</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 July 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002494000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 129 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Retired, 2008.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>15</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._William_E._Gortney_NAVCENT.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William E. Gortney[44]"><img alt="William E. Gortney[44]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Vice_Adm._William_E._Gortney_NAVCENT.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._William_E._Gortney_NAVCENT.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Vice_Adm._William_E._Gortney_NAVCENT.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._William_E._Gortney_NAVCENT.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Vice_Adm._William_E._Gortney_NAVCENT.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._William_E._Gortney_NAVCENT.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1432" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/William_E._Gortney" title="William E. Gortney">William E. Gortney</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1955)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 July 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 July 2010</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002730000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 0 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Joint_Staff" title="Director of the Joint Staff">Director of the Joint Staff</a> (2010-2012)<br />Promoted to admiral, 2012.<br /><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Fleet_Forces_Command" title="Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command">Commander</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command" title="United States Fleet Forces Command">U.S. Fleet Forces Command</a> (2012-2014)<br /><a href="/wiki/Leadership_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command#List_of_commanders_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command" title="Leadership of the United States Northern Command">Commander</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">U.S. Northern Command</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Aerospace Defense Command">North American Aerospace Defense Command</a> (2014-2016)<br />Retired, 2016.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>16</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_I._Fox,_United_States_Navy_Vice_Admiral,_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mark I. Fox[45]"><img alt="Mark I. Fox[45]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Mark_I._Fox%2C_United_States_Navy_Vice_Admiral%2C_official_photo.jpg/100px-Mark_I._Fox%2C_United_States_Navy_Vice_Admiral%2C_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Mark_I._Fox%2C_United_States_Navy_Vice_Admiral%2C_official_photo.jpg/150px-Mark_I._Fox%2C_United_States_Navy_Vice_Admiral%2C_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Mark_I._Fox%2C_United_States_Navy_Vice_Admiral%2C_official_photo.jpg/200px-Mark_I._Fox%2C_United_States_Navy_Vice_Admiral%2C_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="3216" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_I._Fox" title="Mark I. Fox">Mark I. Fox</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1956)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 July 2010</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 May 2012</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002689000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 324 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Deputy Chief of Naval Operations<br />for Operations, Plans, and Strategy (2012-2013)<br />Deputy Commander, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">U.S. Central Command</a> (2013-2016)<br />Retired, 2016.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>17</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VADM_John_W._Miller_camo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John W. Miller[46]"><img alt="John W. Miller[46]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/VADM_John_W._Miller_camo.jpg/100px-VADM_John_W._Miller_camo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/VADM_John_W._Miller_camo.jpg/150px-VADM_John_W._Miller_camo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/VADM_John_W._Miller_camo.jpg/200px-VADM_John_W._Miller_camo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1875" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_W._Miller" title="John W. Miller">John W. Miller</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 May 2012</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 September 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003119700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 102 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Retired, 2015.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>18</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VICE_ADMIRAL_KEVIN_M_DONEGAN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kevin M. Donegan[47]"><img alt="Kevin M. Donegan[47]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/VICE_ADMIRAL_KEVIN_M_DONEGAN.jpg/100px-VICE_ADMIRAL_KEVIN_M_DONEGAN.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/VICE_ADMIRAL_KEVIN_M_DONEGAN.jpg/150px-VICE_ADMIRAL_KEVIN_M_DONEGAN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/VICE_ADMIRAL_KEVIN_M_DONEGAN.jpg/200px-VICE_ADMIRAL_KEVIN_M_DONEGAN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Kevin_M._Donegan" title="Kevin M. Donegan">Kevin M. Donegan</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1958)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 September 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 September 2017</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002747000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 16 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Director of Navy Staff and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations<br />for Operations, Plans and Strategy (2017-2018)<br />Retired, 2018.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>19</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_C._AQUILINO.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John C. Aquilino[48]"><img alt="John C. Aquilino[48]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_C._AQUILINO.jpg/100px-VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_C._AQUILINO.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_C._AQUILINO.jpg/150px-VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_C._AQUILINO.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_C._AQUILINO.jpg/200px-VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_C._AQUILINO.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_C._Aquilino" title="John C. Aquilino">John C. Aquilino</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1962)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 September 2017</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 May 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002229000000000000♠"></span>229 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Promoted to admiral, 2018.<br /><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Pacific_Fleet" title="Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet">Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet</a> (2018–2021)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command#List_of_Commanders" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Commander</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">U.S. Indo-Pacific Command</a> (2021–2024)<br />Retired, 2024.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>20</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Scott_A._Stearney_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Scott Stearney[49]"><img alt="Scott Stearney[49]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Vice_Adm._Scott_A._Stearney_%282%29.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Scott_A._Stearney_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Vice_Adm._Scott_A._Stearney_%282%29.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Scott_A._Stearney_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Vice_Adm._Scott_A._Stearney_%282%29.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Scott_A._Stearney_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Scott_Stearney" title="Scott Stearney">Scott Stearney</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(1960–2018)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 May 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 December 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002209000000000000♠"></span>209 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Found dead in <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> residence, cause of death ruled a <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a>.</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">-</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_J._Schlise_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paul J. Schlise"><img alt="Paul J. Schlise" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Paul_J._Schlise_%283%29.jpg/100px-Paul_J._Schlise_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Paul_J._Schlise_%283%29.jpg/150px-Paul_J._Schlise_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Paul_J._Schlise_%283%29.jpg/200px-Paul_J._Schlise_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">Rear Admiral (lower half)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_J._Schlise" title="Paul J. Schlise">Paul J. Schlise</a></b><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">1 December 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">7 December 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠"></span>6 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><small>Was deputy commander of NAVCENT/C5F from 2017 to 2019.<br />Director, Surface Warfare Division, N96,<br /><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations#Office_of_the_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Office of the Chief of Naval Operations</a> (2020-present)</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>21</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VADM_James_J._Malloy.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James J. Malloy[50]"><img alt="James J. Malloy[50]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/VADM_James_J._Malloy.jpg/100px-VADM_James_J._Malloy.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/VADM_James_J._Malloy.jpg/150px-VADM_James_J._Malloy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/VADM_James_J._Malloy.jpg/200px-VADM_James_J._Malloy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4800" data-file-height="6000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/James_J._Malloy" title="James J. Malloy">James J. Malloy</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1963)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 December 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 August 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002621000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 256 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Deputy Commander, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">U.S. Central Command</a> (2020-present)</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>22</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Samuel_J._Paparo,_Jr._(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Samuel Paparo[51]"><img alt="Samuel Paparo[51]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vice_Adm._Samuel_J._Paparo%2C_Jr._%282%29.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Samuel_J._Paparo%2C_Jr._%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vice_Adm._Samuel_J._Paparo%2C_Jr._%282%29.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Samuel_J._Paparo%2C_Jr._%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vice_Adm._Samuel_J._Paparo%2C_Jr._%282%29.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Samuel_J._Paparo%2C_Jr._%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2074" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Paparo" title="Samuel Paparo">Samuel Paparo</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1964)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 August 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 May 2021</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002259000000000000♠"></span>259 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><small>Promoted to admiral, 2021.<br /><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Pacific_Fleet" title="Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet">Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet</a> (2021-present)</small></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>23</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_B._Cooper_II_(6).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles Cooper II[52]"><img alt="Charles Cooper II[52]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Charles_B._Cooper_II_%286%29.jpg/100px-Charles_B._Cooper_II_%286%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Charles_B._Cooper_II_%286%29.jpg/150px-Charles_B._Cooper_II_%286%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Charles_B._Cooper_II_%286%29.jpg/200px-Charles_B._Cooper_II_%286%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2840" data-file-height="3550" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Cooper_II" title="Charles Cooper II">Charles Cooper II</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1967)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 May 2021</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 February 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003100200000000000♠"></span>2 years, 272 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">-</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b>24</b></td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VADM_George_M._Wikoff_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="George M. Wikoff"><img alt="George M. Wikoff" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/VADM_George_M._Wikoff_%281%29.jpg/100px-VADM_George_M._Wikoff_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/VADM_George_M._Wikoff_%281%29.jpg/150px-VADM_George_M._Wikoff_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/VADM_George_M._Wikoff_%281%29.jpg/200px-VADM_George_M._Wikoff_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1789" data-file-height="2236" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/George_M._Wikoff" class="mw-redirect" title="George M. Wikoff">George M. Wikoff</a></b><br /><small>(born 1968)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 February 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002297000000000000♠"></span>297 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">-</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Naval_Forces_Central_Command&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">These two paragraphs are based on David F. 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(2007). <i>Admirals, Amirs, and Desert Sailors</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Admirals%2C+Amirs%2C+and+Desert+Sailors&rft.date=2007&rft.aulast=Winkler&rft.aufirst=David+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Naval+Forces+Central+Command" class="Z3988"></span> Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Naval_Forces_Central_Command&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The UAE is a member of the task force, but is not participating since March 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gulftoday-20230531_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gulftoday-20230531-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Naval_Forces_Central_Command&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>W. Seth Carus, Barry McCoy, and John R. Hafey, From MIDEASTFOR to Fifth Fleet: Forward Naval Presence in Southwest Asia, Alexandria, VA, Center for Naval Analyses, 1995</li> <li>Michael A. Palmer, Guardians of the Gulf, A History of America’s Expanding Role in the Persian Gulf, 1883 – 1992 (New York: The Free Press, 1992)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPokrant1999" class="citation book cs1">Pokrant, Marvin (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vrpTaObCXq8C"><i>Desert Shield at Sea: What the Navy Really Did: Volume 174 of Contributions in Military Studies</i></a>. Greenwood Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0313310238" title="Special:BookSources/0313310238"><bdi>0313310238</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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